We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore — Oprah Winfrey

The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to getting there, both of which should be used together: 1) define a to-do list and 2) define a not-to-do list.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking — Albert Einstein

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is imperative that you learn to ignore or redirect all information and interruptions that are irrelevant, unimportant, or unactionable. Most are all three — Tim Ferriss

The best defense is a good offense — Dan Gable, Olympic gold medalist in wrestling and most successful coach

You'r are not famous until … That blank space motivated and humbled him. He set goals but also reminded himself to never settle. You're not famous until you're on the cover of Sport Illustrated, until you start Game 1 of the World Series, until you sign a huge contract, until you win the Cy Young, MVP Award, until you date a supermodel. Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers righthander

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it — Malcolm X

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency — Bill Gates